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Re: water heater shut off

Originally Posted by serapions

Dear Sirs,

While repairing a leaky sink I had to
shut off the hot water valve on the water heater.
Now I have no hot water pressure at the sink.
I assume there is still water in the water tank.
Can I leave it this way, with the H2O valve off and
water in the tank?

The way I read this the OP is in the process of fixing a leaky sink. So they had shut off the water supply( likely the cold water shut off) to the hot water tank as well the gas supply and pilot so the hot water tank won't turn on while they are doing the repairs.

They seem to be asking it it's ok to leave the water supply shut off to the tank with the gas and pilot turned off leaving water standing in the tank. The answer would be ... yes.